Category: Innovation

CIOs are called upon for an increasingly varied set of skills. The diverse capabilities CIOs need fall into four general categories–strategist, catalyst, technologist, and operator. The Operator Position description: work with the organization and executive team to deliver reliable, high-performance IT systems and infrastructure. identify costs and productivity improvements, develop security frameworks for IT assets

Cities can focus on proven, mature technologies like video surveillance to smarten up their streets! Cities have long looked to video surveillance for crime deterrence and public safety. However, today’s video systems offer advanced smart capabilities as well. The cameras themselves have evolved to become intelligent computing devices, due to video analytics, integration with other

Look at this picture of 5th Avenue in New York in 1900. Look for a car. Now look at this picture from 1913. This time look for a horse! The first Model T Ford rolled off the production line; by 1930 the equestrian age was, for all intents and purposes, over.

If your city hasn’t purchased street lights from the power company, here’s motivation to get it started! Chicago’s smart street lighting program: safer, brighter, street lights for all – and saves money.

Last year an estimated 40,100 Americans died in traffic accidents, and human error causes more than 90 percent of crashes. Motor vehicles now contribute to 75 percent of carbon monoxide pollution. And commuters in more than 100 U.S. cities now spend more than 40 hours annually stuck in traffic on average. If autonomous vehicles can

Wireless projects are increasing in complexity and diversity. City CIOs need a plan to achieve smart city goals while controlling costs. Act Now to Avoid a Bottom-Up Approach Multiple cellular operators want permits for ugly radio installations; fixed line operators what to dig up streets; internal projects for smart cities can be uncoordinated with digital

Chances are you checked your mobile phone before you even brushed your teeth this morning. Your residents are the same way. Deloitte’s Global Consumer Mobile Survey found that eighty-nine percent of people look at their phone within an hour of waking up. Deloitte Local government web sites are bad, for the most part. There are a